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''Hex Enduction Hour'' is the fourth studio album by the English post-punk band The Fall, released on 8 March 1982. It takes influence from the white noise of The Velvet Underground's "Sister Ray", Captain Beefheart and early 1970s Krautrock band Can.〔 The album develops on the low fidelity production values and caustic lyrical content of The Fall's early recordings. Vocalist and Fall leader Mark E. Smith described it as a reaction against the contemporary UK music scene, and a stand against "bland bastards like Elvis Costello and Spandau Ballet...() all that shit."〔"It was probably the first time I'd got to a point where I was alone with my ideas. And you can go one of two ways, either you curb your thinking, reign yourself in and buy what they're telling you, or you follow your own path, regardless". Smith, 113〕〔"When your mired in the shit of the times...you start to question not only people's taste but their existences. I'd rather listen to Polish builders clanking away than any of that crap." Smith, 113〕 "Hex" is the first and only Fall album to feature Karl Burns and Paul Hanley in the band's short-lived but classic two-drummer lineup.〔Britton, 47〕 Recording began during the Fall's 1982 tour of Iceland. Smith was impressed by both the other worldliness of the landscape and the enthusiasm of a local audience unused to touring rock groups. "Hip Priest", "Iceland" and "Look/Know" were put down in a single day in the laval walled studio of Hljóðriti, Reykjavík,〔"Look/Know" was not included on the album but released after as a single. Irwin, 1982〕 the remaining tracks in a disused cinema in Hitchin on their return to England. The album was widely praised on release as the first to fully capture The Fall's aggressive live sound. The studio sessions and promotion were funded by Kamera Records following a bitter and protracted dispute between Smith and his then label Rough Trade. "Hex Enduction Hour" sold well given its release on a small independent label, and earned the group their first UK Albums Chart placing, at No. 71. Today it is considered a hallmark of the post-punk era. A sanitised version of the opening track "The Classical", noted for the lines "where are the obligatory niggers? Hey there, fuckface, hey there, fuckface" was covered in the early 1990s by Pavement, a band Smith has many times dismissed as Fall copyists.〔Herrington, Tony. "Mancunian Candidate". The Wire, September 1996〕〔"They haven't got an original idea in their heads". Keoghan, Jim. "(20 Years On: Revisiting Pavement's Slanted And Enchanted )". ''TheQuietus.com'' 5 November 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2015〕 ==Background== By 1982 The Fall had released three critically acclaimed albums, but Smith felt they were undervalued and poorly supported by Rough Trade, whom he regarded as "a bunch of well meaning but inept hippies". He felt constrained by the label's ethos and worried that The Fall were in danger of becoming "just another Rough Trade band". According to critic John Doran this unease seeps into the album's sound, which he describes as the work of a band with a "gun pressed to their temple".〔 Smith made overtures to other labels, and found kindred adventurous spirits at the usually heavy metal orientated Kamera records.〔Erlewine, Stephen Thomas; Jeffries, David. "(The Fall: Biography )". ''Billboard''. Retrieved 8 October 2015〕 Frustrated and believing his career was nearing its end, Smith proposed to Kamera with a swan song album lasing exactly one hour in length; they said 'no problem'. Kamera agreed to pay costs for post Iceland recordings in an abandoned cinema. Smith was impressed by their apparent openness and signed, later remarking that "They’re alright them heavy metal blokes sometimes aren't they?". He was relieved to be free of Rough Trade, who apparently often questioned him with remarks such as "What are these lyrics about? Are you a fascist?". He later said that what was going through his mind with Rough Trade was "Fuck off", while Kamera's attitude was "Yeah! Get on with it".〔Doran, John. "(Becks Induction Hour: Mark E Smith On The LP That Nearly Ended The Fall )". ''The Quietus'', 19 February 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2015〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hex Enduction Hour」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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